Sustainable Is The New Normal Originally posted for Huffington Post on 11/01/2010 When white boil-in-bag rice was the hot commodity, “we had brown rice,” says Jessica Lundberg. “I thought everyone ate brown rice. I grew up thinking healthy eating was normal.” Seems like the family’s always had its own idea of what normal is, starting with Lundberg’s…
Seven Seed Quinoa With Spinach and Sesame Dressing
Seed Food and Wine Festival — The Seed That Started Big Gets Bigger Originally posted for Huffington Post on 10/24/2016 Unlike most seeds, Seed Food and Wine Festival never started small. It was a great big vegan celebration when co-founders Alison Burgos and Michelle Gaber launched it two years ago. The third edition of Seed Food and Wine is…
Kitchri
Go with the Grain — it’s Whole Grains Month Originally posted for Huffington Post on 9/5/2016 Happy Labor Day and happy Whole Grains Month. From amaranth, the It whole grain of the moment, to old friends like brown rice and oats, they’re all winners. Celebrate them, enjoy them all September long. Your body will thank you. A…
Hot and Wild Rice
— For July 4th — and every day — do your patriotic duty — vote with your fork, give a damn about what you’re feeding your children. Eat Heat, Not Meat Originally posted on 04/25/2011 for Huffington Post “This is the only country in the world where we’re debating whether climate change is real,” says Kurt Michael Friese,…
Rice in the Sahara – Inviting Everyone to the Table
Meatless Monday: Inviting Everyone to the Table Originally posted on 02/25/2013 for the Huffington Post. My chef friend Amber Antonelli is blonde, beautiful, Californian and professional. She got her start working in the kitchen of one my favorite chefs and inspirations, John Ash. I am short, dark and nervous. I’ve worked with some amazing chefs, but I’m not…
Spiced Apricot Couscous
Meatless Monday: Ripe Delights Originally posted on05/07/2012 for Huffington Post. For Jonathan Lovekin, ripe is “the jewel-like color and light reflecting off a golden caramelized quince. For Paulette Phlipot, it’s “the teensy little hairs on a raspberry.” Lovekin and Phlipot, both food photographers, celebrate the physical beauty of produce in their new books — different…
A Bottle-Worthy Vegan Feast: Farrotto With Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Broccoli, and Basil
What a Pair: A Bottle-Worthy Vegan Feast Originally posted on Vegkitchen My husband doesn’t so much collect wine as he does enjoy drinking it. And we both enjoy bringing together wine, food and friends. So when he said he wanted to open a magnum of a particular 2004 cabernet, I was all over it. I…
Kamut with Lemon and Mint
March 30 is Whole Grains Sampling Day, so get your taste game going with this Kamut recipe Originally posted on 03/19/2012 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Small, Sustainable World It’s a small world, as Walt Disney told us. And we’re all hungry. I was thinking of this last week in Anaheim, where 60,000 of us…
The Most Important Dish in the World
You know me and my passion for beans. I’m not alone. Mark Bittman says, “Rice and beans. Beans and rice. Whatever. It’s the most important dish in the world.” The most important dish in the world gets its due from beanmeister extraordinaire Steve Sando and the folks at Rancho Gordo, my go-to source for heirloom…
Manhattan Millet Cakes and the Veganuary pledge
Originally posted on 01/05/2015 for Huffington Post. Kickstarting Veganuary We’re a few days into the new year, the time we’re most likely to resolve to make positive changes. So how’s it going so far? Is that resolution to eat better is starting to crumble? No worries, we’re here to help. By we, I mean all…
